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THEME EXPLORATION

rural displacement

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
As Far as I Can Walk
As Far as I Can Walk
2021 · Stefan Arsenijević
End of the Lonely Farm Berhof
End of the Lonely Farm Berhof
1984 · Jiří Svoboda
Krapatchouk
Krapatchouk
1992 · Enrique Gabriel
Cumbite
Cumbite
1964 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Deep Rivers
Deep Rivers
2018 · Vladimir Bitokov
Sürü
Sürü
1978 · Yílmaz Güney
The Beekeeper
The Beekeeper
1986 · Theodoros Angelopoulos
Xoftex
Xoftex
2024 · Noaz Deshe
Death in the Land of Encantos
Death in the Land of Encantos
2015 · Lav Diaz
Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Robert Bresson
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Cat People
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach → United Kingdom

His films consistently document the struggles of working-class and rural communities displaced by economic systems and social change.

Hirokazu Koreeda → Japan

He explores the displacement of rural families and individuals struggling to maintain connections to land and community in modern Japan.

Chloé Zhao → China/United States

Her films intimately chronicle rural and economically displaced Americans navigating loss of home, livelihood, and traditional ways of life.

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